Down N Dirty #4 Behind the Scenes in Queer Filmmaking July 15, 2006

Please join us in the 4th Down N Dirty, Behind the Scenes of Queer Filmmakers as we feature MADELEINE LIM!
WHEN: Saturday July 15, 2006
WHERE: Femina Potens Gallery, 465 S. Van Ness btwn 15 &16th streets
SHOWTIME: doors at 7:30 pm / show 8pm
TICKETS: $5-10 sliding scale no one turned away for lack of funds.
INFO: www.feminapotens.com / (415) 217-9340

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Femina Potens Gallery showcases its innovative monthly film series Down & Dirty: the Intimate World of Queer Filmmaking Saturday, June 17, 2006, featuring selected shorts from queer filmmaker Madeleine Lim.

The ongoing series features film and dialogue with Bay Area Queer Filmmakers as part of Femina Potens 2006 Film Screenings. Celebrate and promote local queer, trans, and women video artists as we feature intimate and interactive conversations with local filmmakers, a shot-by-shot analysis of their filmmaking process, stories from behind the scenes, and the inside scoop on San Francisco's filmmaking community each film is followed by an intimate Q&A with the audience. Award-winning filmmaker Madeleine Lim is so infamous for her role as Executive Director of Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project, which has produced more than 80 films by women of color in our town that, seeing her film's screened together in one night is a rare and special treat! Screening bits of the banned in Singapore, award-winning film, "Sambal Belacan in San Francisco", the delightful short, "Dream" and the experimental, "Dragon Desire", Lim will share her experiences making films and teaching others to make their own in San Francisco.

Artist Bio:
Madeleine Lim is an award-winning independent filmmaker with over 18 years of experience as a producer, director, cinematographer and editor. Founder and Executive Director of Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP), the Singapore-born filmmaker is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of San Francisco where she teaches Advanced Video Production. She has served as a film consultant on over 70 film projects.

Madeleine's films have been featured at sold-out theaters at international film festivals around the world, museums, universities and broadcast on PBS. She received the 1997 Award of Excellence from the San Jose Film & Video Commissions Joey Awards and won the 1998 National Educational Media Network Bronze Apple Award for her film "Sambal Belacan in San Francisco", which was banned in Singapore. She was awarded three Artist-in- Residence by California Arts Council from 2000 to 2003. In 2006, Madeleine received the prestigious Individual Artist Commission from the San Francisco Arts Commission.
Madeleine's digital-video training program was awarded the 2003 Best Video Program by the
SF Community Media. In 2004, she was awarded a Certificate of Honor by the SF Board of Supervisors in public recognition of distinction and merit for outstanding service to the people of San Francisco. In 2005, Madeleine received the KQED-TV Local Hero Award in recognition of her leadership of QWOCMAP and dedicated service to queer women of color.

Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP) promotes the visibility of queer women of color through the creation and exhibition of films & videos that reflect our life stories and the vital social justice issues that concern our communities.

Shani Heckman, Guest Curator is a long-time activist, publicist and creator of Shanestar Productions, winner of the Best of the Bay by SF Weekly in 2006 and recipient of the Film Arts Foundation's STAND grant for first time film directors in 2003. She has curated popular queer film screenings for the past three years. Her recent short doc Wrong Bathroom has been broadcast on National TV and is currently touring the festival circuit. www.shanestar.org

Femina Potens is a nationally recognized art gallery and performance space dedicated to the advancement of women and trans-folk through art. Sponsored by the Queer Cultural Center, with support from the San Francisco Arts Commission and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Femina Potens is one of the leading queer organizations in San Francisco. Femina Potens has been featured on the Australian television show, Out and About, Q-Television, the documentary TranArchy, Japan's Foil Magazine, Bitch Magazine, and the San Francisco Guardian, which called Femina Potens a crucial bit of justice.



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